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[Genki Hikari]

6. I guess that should be my next move.

It seems a little extreme, though, for a problem isolated to one small part of me. I don't have it anywhere else. Just the skin around my nails.

That's why I'm wondering if it's something in the manicuring process. Many of these product have some yowza! chemicals in them, even if they're supposedly free of X number of toxic chemicals, vegan, cruelty-free, and so on.

But I've also had a lifelong problem with hangnails. Don't know why. I just did.

It's more of a concern to me now because I'm at the age where my skin is drier than it was before menopause, which makes my finger area drier than it's ever been before. I've also had more bleeder hangnails since my diabetes diagnosis two years ago than I had in the previous 58 years. Not many, but enough that I realize I need to figure out what's going on.

So I guess a dermatologist is my next step.

Thanks for the advice!